The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, August 23, 1912, Image 3

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Iand he amplified on that ex-boss'attack on the Bull Moose candidate. Progressives at the capitol arewondering if the whole affair isnot a carefully planned attempt tosend the third party to defeac inNovember.Archbold swore on the standthat all the money he said wascontributed was Standard Oilmoney, and not personal money.He also said that he Tiad talkedwith E. H. Harriman about thenow famous 250,000 that Harriman is said to have raised forRoosevelt in 1904.Archbold said that Harrimantdid him he had raised the money,and had raised at the express request of Roosevelt.Archbold left no room fordoubt as to his feelings aboutRoosevelt. He flatly declaredtht Roosevelt had instituted a"persecution" of the Standard Oiltrust shortly after his election in1904, because Standard Oil hadrefused the extra,$150,,000. .He said that Bliss had intimated as much to him at the timehe refused to contribute the extra$150,000.He said that when the "persecution" began he had gone toBliss' and asked him to stop it,and that Bliss had thrown up hishands and said he had no influence witRoosevelt. He said thatBliss again had intimated thatArchbold had been a fool for notcoming through with the extra$150,000.Archboid said that Bliss toldiim before the first contribution 1was made that he was sure Roosevelt Would "take a conservativeview" of the tariff.There was almost a laugh inthe committee room when Archbold was asked if he were sure hehad not given Bliss a check forthe $100,000."No," he said, "it was in currency. There was no desire forpublicity."Referring to President Roosevelt's" prosecution of the Oil trustArchbold said:"We suffered humiliation athome and abroad. Darkest Africanever saw anything Iilce the persecution of the "Standard Oil bythe Roosevelt administration.There never was anything like itin any nation."Archbold flatly" denied thatStandard Oil had given anymoney to the Democratic campaign in 1904.Archbold's entire testimonyWas a direct attack on ColonelRoosevelt.WHAT TEDDY SAYS NNew York, Aug. 23. ColonelTheodore Roosevelt charged Senator Penrose with deliberatefalsehood in a statement issuedfrom the offices of the Outlook,today."Senator Penrose," the statement reads, "would do well not toattribute to others the basenessthat actuates himself. ."The statemnt that Perkins underwrote the primary fund for$3,000,000, or any other fund remotely resembling it, is the delib-